Fender or guard for tramway-cars.



"0.705,814. Patented July 29, i902.V

.L BAUER.

FENDER UB GURU FR TBMWY CARS.

(Applation led Max, 19, 1902.) (No Model.)

br @w UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN BAUER, vOF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FEN DER OR G UARD FOR TRAIVIWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATIONormng part of Letters Patent N o. 705,814, dated July 29, 1902. Application led March 19, 1902. Serial No. 98,895. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN BAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York,

inthe county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders or Guards for Tramn way-Cars, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of one end of a tram-` way-car provided with my improvement and showing the tracks on which the same is placed; and Fig. 2, a plan View showing the` platform of the car removed," the fender or guard beingin operative position,but without the supports thereof.

In thedrawings forming part of this specification I have shown ata` one end of a tramway-car, and at h the tracks or wayson which said car is adapted to move, and in Fig. 2 I have also shown at c the central slot of a cable road or underground-trolley road, said slot being formed by the usual side rails c2.

The car d is provided with the usual platform d, and in the practice of my invention I provide a fender or guard which comprises two side portions e, which are connected with and suspended beneath the platform d, this connection being made in any desired manner, and said side portions e of the fender or guard are rigid and extend downwardly to a predetermined distance, as shown at f, above the ground or above the rails of the track or way b, The said side portions e of the fender or guard also are arranged in V shape ortrian-I gular position, the apex thereof being directed forwardly,` and said side portions of the fender or guard are preferablycomposed of front end pieces'ez, rear end pieces es, top and bottom bars e4, and longitudinal central bars e5; but the body portion of these parts of the fender or guard may be constructed in` any desired manner.

Placed centrally between the forward ends of the side memberse of the fender or guard is a supplemental member g, which is hinged io a hangerg2 at g3, said hanger being secured to the central bottom portion of the platform d of the car, and the bottom portion of the supplemental member g is carried forwardly to form a projection g4, in the bottom of which is supported a wheel or roller g5, which travels on the side bars c2, that form the central slot c in the center of the track or way over which the car passes.

' At the rear end of each of the side members e of the fender or guard are other supplemental members 7L, which are hinged atto hangers h3, secured to the bottom of the car at the opposite side thereof, and the supplemental members 7i of the fender or guard are extended forwardly at their lower ends, as shown at h4, and are provided with a wheel or roller h, said wheels or rollers h5 being adapted to travel on the rails b of the track or way, and the forward ends of the supplemental members z of the fender or guard are provided with chainst or other exible devices, which are connected with the platform of a car at i in any desired manner, and by means of these devices the forward ends of the supplemental members hof thefender or guard may be raised into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 when they are not in use. The supplemental members h are also held in operative position by the chain t', and these members of the fender or guard move directly in front of the 'wheels of the car and prevent a person or object from coming in contact with said wheelsi'and the fender or guard as thus constructed will prevent a person or object from passing beneath the car, said person or object being thrown oi to the side of the platform, as will be readily understood. My improved fender or car is also entirely under the platform and out of the way, and it may, as will be apparent, be

applied to any kind or class of tramway-cars now in use.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fender or guard for tramway-cars cornprising main side members supported beneath the platform of a car in a V shape or triangular position, the apex thereof being directed forwardly, a supplemental member hinged beneath the platform of the car in the apex of the main side members and pro vided at its lower end with a Wheel or roller, and other supplemental members hinged beneath the platform of the car at the rear end thereof and at the rear ends of the side members and provided with wheels or rollers adapted to travel on the rails of the track, substantially as shown and described.

2. A fender or guard for tramway-cars comprising side members supported beneath the platform of a car in a V shape or triangular position, the apex thereof being directed forwardly, a supplemental member hinged to the platform of the car, at the rear end thereof and at the rear ends of the side members and provided with wheels or rollers adapted to travel on the rails of the track, said lastnamed supplemental members being provided with means for raising them and holding them in a lifted position, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 18th day of March, 1902.

JOHN BAUER. Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, F. F. TELLER. 

